Treatment of oil/water emulsions using seawater-assisted microwave irradiation

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 288-293

  Kuo, Chin Hsing ^a   Lee, Chon Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Artificial seawater; Emulsion; Microwave demulsification; Optimum operating conditions; Salt

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SEAWATER; DEMULSIFICATION EFFICIENCY; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MULTI VARIABLES; OIL CONTENTS; OIL EMULSIONS; OIL-IN-WATER (O/W) EMULSION; OIL/WATER EMULSION; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMUM OPERATING CONDITIONS; SALT-ASSISTED; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SETTLING TIME; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SOLUTION PH; STEPWISE REGRESSION METHOD; TEST DATA; WASTE OIL EMULSION;

DEMULSIFICATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; INORGANIC ACIDS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; IRRADIATION; SEAWATER; SODIUM SULFATE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

MICROWAVE IRRADIATION;

EID: 77955918830     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2010.06.017     Document Type: Article

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